November 20, 2003

TY VOTAW: Welcome. I want to start off by thanking our title sponsor this week ADT and Mike Snyder, their CEO, and his staff for their support of the LPGA and certainly their commitment to the ADT Championship and we're off to a great start this week and we're looking forward to a great tournament. We are also as we announce the Media Day here, very excited about the fact that ADT has renewed its commitment to this event for another three years. We're very appreciative of that. Obviously we are very appreciative of Donald Trump and everything he's done for the players.

For those of you who of sat through previous State of the LPGA Press Conferences you no doubt by now used to me saying that each time we gather for one of these press conferences the year in which I am talking about is one of the best ever. I am not going to disappoint you this week and today when I say that 2003 has been one of, if not, the most successful seasons on the LPGA Tour in our history.

I'd like nothing more than to stand up here and exstall on the exciting previous twelve months that we have enjoyed. I am going to touch upon over the course of the next couple of minutes a number of things, our fan and business successes for 2003. I will share with you our 2004 tournament schedule; our ongoing work with our Tour members in the area of professional development, and announce plans for what we consider to be a landmark event for women's professional golf in 2004.